It could end tomorrow for Mrs May

There is a pattern to this. First Theresa May suffers some catastrophic disaster. Then Boris Johnson disloyally grabs the headlines, triggering demands from Remainers that he be sacked. Then Philip Hammond is accused of being too gloomy and Remoanery, provoking Brexiteers to call for the chancellor to be given the boot.

It happened after May’s general election disaster, when Johnson was accused of being on manoeuvres before Hammond was branded too gloomy and pro-austerity.

It happened after May’s conference speech disaster, after which Johnson continued to push his own vision outside the EU and Hammond was accused of coming “very close to sabotage” over Brexit.

And so, after the reshuffle disaster, Johnson spoke out on his bridge and Donald Trump and the NHS and now…

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